Do you own a Mac? GETOUTTAHEARYOUFILTHYSCUMBAGS, this is the PC gaming thread. Ok, you can come in but no funny business. 'k?

So, I was thinking we could have a topic for PC games about PC games; not so you can shove any old PC gaming trash in here but perhaps an aide-memoire for cool games that other people might have forgot or want to look up.

First up, Beex's latest sensation, Bamba, shoves a load of links in your face and says PLAY THESE YOU FILTHY SOUTHERNERS.

Bamba wrote:

You really should get yourself a PC for gaming, the amount of indie nonsense that you'd love that you're missing out on is non-trivial. Here's my current list of 'to get' indie PC exclusive madness to give you an idea:

Of that list the only ones I've actually played since then are Ittle Dew and The Bridge. I didn't really get on with The Bridge but it's definitely a decent puzzle game and just happens to not be my cup of tea. Ittle Dew I actually played on my phone as it's out for Android and iOS and I really enjoyed it. Zelda-ish mechanics with a great visual design and excellent sense of humour.

Good thinking. I haven't really had the itch for online multiplayer for a while though (although a dabble of BF4 is always great fun).

I'd got to play Surgeon Simulator though. I played a bit at that one and only game show I ever went to (and won't stop referring to) and it was frickin awesome. Yes, I would like to open this fella's cheat cavity with a hammer.

And some random other stuff I've either played or have sitting to be played:

Cloud, the first game from what became thatgamecompany (makers of Flower and Journey), can be downloaded from here: http://interactive.usc.edu/projects/cloud/game.htm I haven't tried it yet mind but it's free and by thatgamecompany so why wouldn't you get it?

English Country Tune is another one I personally didn't get on with but looks like it would be excellent if you liked that kind of thing. Where 'that kind of thing' is brain melting puzzle games. Check out the trailer and see what you reckon: http://store.steampowered.com/app/20757 ... _151_150_1

I'm going to keep mentioning this until someone plays the fucking thing rather than just telling me it's probably like Paper Mario (because it's fucking NOT!): get Perspective because it's brilliant and different and weird and free. https://games.digipen.edu/games/perspective

You can sometimes get demos on Steam so if there's something you're interested in but not sure about do check to see if a demo's available. If there is there'll be a "DOWNLOAD DEMO" button just under the main box with the screenshots and whatnot as on the Braid page. Also, once you've created a Steam account, you can add stuff to your wishlist and Steam will automatically email you if there's a price drop which is nice.

Also also, sign up to the Humble Bundle mailing list as it cannot be over-stated how excellent some of their bundles are e.g. the one that had Fez, Mark of the Ninja and Trine 2 (amongst others) for whatever price you chose to pay.

Another thing you'll want to do is add a US address to your Amazon account.

There are a lot of ways to set things up but I think the easiest (and safest to recommend) is to go to Borderlinx : http://www.borderlinx.com/ and sign up for a free addressThey will give you an address where in theory you could buy stuff from the US and they would then ship it on to the UK , if you add this address to your Amazon address book they will then allow you to buy digital items which are normally for sale in the US only , nothing is physically shipped to you you just get a key to put into Steam or Origin or wherever.

That includes US PSN digital games for whatever Amazon is selling them at (often cheaper than the US prices and *always* cheaper than the UK ones) - you can also buy US PSN $ cards to simply top up and buy items that Amazon does not sell directly but that you can buy from the US PSN store on the web or on your console and finally they will give you steam keys for stuff that they are selling which on sale items are way way cheaper than the UK and for regular items are a little cheaper.

I'd say its worth doing this for the PS4 - but not really worth it for the Vita as you cant have more than one account per memory card - and definitely worth it for the PC

On steam stuff from them if you get whatever Amazon is selling cheaply that day you get offers like this :

Basically you've just bought yourself a way to spend more money. Enjoy your ever-growing library of Steam games you'll never get the chance to play. Ahahahahahahaha!

The number of steam games I own but will never play... It depresses me.

The vast majority of mine are leftovers I'm not interested in from bundles I bought, I've only got a few unplayed that I'm genuinely interested in which is fine with me.

Which reminds me, the other place for possible free games is the Free Stuff thread right here on Beex which is bounds to have some unclaimed Steam keys in it. From a quick glance there looks to be at least Fez and Surgeon Simulator still available.

The one PC game I've bought recently and liked was Tower of Guns. Old school type FPS about movement and avoiding bullets while shooting back. And finding secrets in a generated world. Made by a small team and it shows in some regards. Limiting it to only one weapon on most plays is probably the most grievous problem. Don't know if it supports gamepad.

I 've died lots. I don't expect to ever reach the end.

That aside, recently I've played I've played Gone Home (Rather meh, I thought), Dear Esther (Nice sense of place, but not overly gripping), Stanley Parable (Weird)

All rather short.

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The vast majority of mine are leftovers I'm not interested in from bundles I bought, I've only got a few unplayed that I'm genuinely interested in which is fine with me.

Quite a few llike that, quite a few I picked up to play later, and have never got around to (Witcher 2, Tomb Raider - although I eventually did when it got released on PS+) and even more that I got, played once or twice and didn't return to, and yet still got others in the series that I haven't played (Witcher, Ys Origins) - although much of this is due to the bastard hard first boss)

Quite a few llike that, quite a few I picked up to play later, and have never got around to (Witcher 2, Tomb Raider - although I eventually did when it got released on PS+) and even more that I got, played once or twice and didn't return to, and yet still got others in the series that I haven't played (Witcher, Ys Origins) - although much of this is due to the bastard hard first boss)

Making you go through a boss fight before letting you play any of your actual games was always an odd decision for Steam to take, but people seem to be used to it now.

Stanley Parable is definitely on my list to get at some point, but the only PC indie exclusives I've played of late were Dear Esther; Papers, Please and Rogue Legacy. The latter of which is the game I seem to be getting stuck into the most at the moment - it's a very cool, though also pretty difficult Metroidvania with a cool traits system for your character.

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